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Title: Here's how to outsmart fake news in your Facebook feed
Post by: Chris on November 18, 2016, 02:55:59 PM

Come on people... really (http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/18/tech/how-to-spot-fake-misleading-news-trnd/index.html)

Or how about you don't use Facebook for your source of news. Or use CNN, for that matter. Or FOX. Or any of the other US News outlets.

At what point did people think it was acceptable to use Facebook for their daily dose of domestic and world news? Seriously? This is what we have come to as a society?

Title: Re: Here's how to outsmart fake news in your Facebook feed
Post by: BizB on November 18, 2016, 03:24:46 PM

Unfortunately, I believe it is.

Title: Re: Here's how to outsmart fake news in your Facebook feed
Post by: Chris on November 18, 2016, 03:45:34 PM

I have a funny feeling that all this talk about fake news is going to really back fire on them. If they made a prequel to The Matrix, this would be how it all started...

Title: Re: Here's how to outsmart fake news in your Facebook feed
Post by: BizB on November 18, 2016, 05:18:23 PM

Just remember, 50% of the people you encounter on a daily basis are below average.

Title: Re: Here's how to outsmart fake news in your Facebook feed
Post by: Chris on November 23, 2016, 02:53:21 PM

Quote from: BizB on November 18, 2016, 05:18:23 PM

Just remember, 50% of the people you encounter on a daily basis are below average.

Hey now... I work from home and some days only encounter my girlfriend and I'm afraid to find out which one of us is below average.

Title: Re: Here's how to outsmart fake news in your Facebook feed
Post by: BizB on November 23, 2016, 10:38:16 PM

LMAO